Simple Simple ApprehensionApprehensionThe Generation of IdeasThe Generation of Ideas

The 3 Acts of the MindThe 3 Acts of the Mind

Simple ApprehensionSimple Apprehension: an operation of the mind : an operation of the mind whereby we abstract from the non-essential whereby we abstract from the non-essential elements of a thing and recognize those essential elements of a thing and recognize those essential elements which make it to be precisely that elements which make it to be precisely that particular thing.particular thing.

JudgmentJudgment: the act by which the intellect affirms or : the act by which the intellect affirms or denies the truth of something, putting together or denies the truth of something, putting together or dividing apart concepts; dividing apart concepts;

ReasoningReasoning: an operation of the mind that involves : an operation of the mind that involves a process whereby from certain truths already a process whereby from certain truths already known, we proceed to another which is different known, we proceed to another which is different from those that are given but necessarily following from those that are given but necessarily following from them.from them.

The 3 Acts of the Mind The 3 Acts of the Mind

Mental ActMental Act Mental Mental ProductProduct

External External SignSign

ApprehensionApprehension IdeaIdea TermTerm

JudgmentJudgment EnunciationEnunciation PropositionProposition

ReasoningReasoning ArgumentArgument SyllogismSyllogism

IdeogenesisIdeogenesis

Is the process of idea-formationIs the process of idea-formation It is based primarily on the principle that It is based primarily on the principle that

“Nothing enters the mind unless it passes “Nothing enters the mind unless it passes first through the senses.”first through the senses.”

Knowledge first acquired is sensible Knowledge first acquired is sensible because of the involvement of the because of the involvement of the external and internal senses.external and internal senses.

Ideogenesis DiagramIdeogenesis Diagram

ExternalSenses

CommonSense

Estimative

Memory

Imagination

PassiveIntellect

ActiveIntellectSensed

Data

ideas

SensibleImpressions

Percepts

Phantasm

AbstractedNature

Internal Senses IntellectExternal Senses